Can I Run Mistral Small 3 (24B) on Apple M4?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年8月15日

Yes. Mistral Small 3 (24B) needs 14.5 GB at Q4_K_M and the Apple M4 has 32 GB, leaving about 17.5 GB of headroom, at roughly 4 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 64K of context.

The numbers

Model	Mistral Small 3 (24B)
Parameters	24B
Quantization	Q4_K_M
VRAM needed	14.5 GB
Apple M4 VRAM	32 GB
Verdict	Runs
Max context	64K
Estimated speed	~4 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at Q4_K_M. If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Mistral Small 3 (24B) on this card:

Apple Mac mini M4 (16GB)

32 GB VRAM · 22 W board power

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Buy the GPU

~$999

Apple M4 · MSRP

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from $0.34/hr

RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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Other Mistral Family sizes on the Apple M4

Mistral NeMo 12B — runs (7.2 GB)

Mistral Small 3 (24B) on nearby hardware

Apple M2 (24 GB) — runs
Apple M3 Pro (36 GB) — runs

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